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    <updated>2012-06-01T09:27:34-07:00</updated>
    <subtitle>helping companies become more successful in the critical business process of managing sales leads.</subtitle>
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        <title>Build a Powerful Lead Scoring Program Today</title>
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        <published>2012-06-01T09:27:34-07:00</published>
        <updated>2012-06-01T10:27:26-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Ashley Furness</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Lead Generation" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Lead Management" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Lead Nurturing" />
        
        



    <content type="html">Without lead scoring, you risk Sales wasting time on prospects nowhere near buying, and Marketing nurturing opportunities that are a bad fit from the start. These videos demonstrate how to use “fit” and “behavior” metrics to rate opportunities and how those scores translate to action.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Tossin' your rope before buildin' a loop don't ketch the calf!</title>
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        <published>2012-05-30T14:54:27-07:00</published>
        <updated>2012-05-30T14:52:37-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Sales Lead Management Association</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Cowboy Wisdom &amp; Dirt Farmers Values" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Cowboy Wisdom" />
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    <content type="html">Whether you’re roping a calf or roping a prospect, if the rope doesn’t have a loop on it or you don’t have a sales lead management system in place the results will be the same, no calf, no prospect, no beef, no sale.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=vuDyA8LGr1E:7LZnRlsPHG8:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=vuDyA8LGr1E:7LZnRlsPHG8:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=vuDyA8LGr1E:7LZnRlsPHG8:I9og5sOYxJI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=vuDyA8LGr1E:7LZnRlsPHG8:V-t1I-SPZMU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=vuDyA8LGr1E:7LZnRlsPHG8:bcOpcFrp8Mo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Have you ever thought of leaving this all behind?</title>
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        <published>2012-05-28T21:26:31-07:00</published>
        <updated>2012-05-28T21:25:18-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Sales Lead Management Association</name>
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    <content type="html">Have you ever thought of leaving this all behind and becoming a marketing manager? &lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=B2D3_Cz_NCQ:TGEFhoFufm4:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=B2D3_Cz_NCQ:TGEFhoFufm4:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=B2D3_Cz_NCQ:TGEFhoFufm4:I9og5sOYxJI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=B2D3_Cz_NCQ:TGEFhoFufm4:V-t1I-SPZMU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=B2D3_Cz_NCQ:TGEFhoFufm4:bcOpcFrp8Mo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title> Maurice Sendak is off with the       wild things </title>
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        <published>2012-05-09T10:40:34-07:00</published>
        <updated>2012-05-10T09:51:01-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Sales Lead Management Association</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Ask the Experts" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Sendak" />
        



    <content type="html">Some interesting quotes from Maurice Sendak who is now off with the wild things&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.salesleadmgmtassn.com/2012/05/maurice-sendak-is-off-with-the-wild-things.html</feedburner:origLink></entry>
    <entry>
        <title>The Sales Lead Management Assn Declares October 14-20th, 2012 as Sales Lead Management Week</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/salesleadmgmtassn/blog/~3/9UKcHj1DCGE/sales-lead-management-assn-declares-october-14-20-2012-as-sales-lead-management-week.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.salesleadmgmtassn.com/2012/04/sales-lead-management-assn-declares-october-14-20-2012-as-sales-lead-management-week.html" thr:count="1" thr:updated="2012-05-07T01:35:23-07:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e05adc32970b016304bd6eb3970d</id>
        <published>2012-04-25T22:04:15-07:00</published>
        <updated>2012-04-25T22:03:58-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Sales Lead Management Association</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Sales Lead Management Week" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="CRM" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Sales Leads" />
        



    <content type="html">For the fourth year the SMA will celebrate Sales Lead Management Week which is designated the week of October 14-20, 2012.  &lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=9UKcHj1DCGE:vLfd-Qf5Fiw:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=9UKcHj1DCGE:vLfd-Qf5Fiw:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=9UKcHj1DCGE:vLfd-Qf5Fiw:I9og5sOYxJI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=9UKcHj1DCGE:vLfd-Qf5Fiw:V-t1I-SPZMU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=9UKcHj1DCGE:vLfd-Qf5Fiw:bcOpcFrp8Mo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Did a qualified lead pass this way?  Finding qualified leads isn't always easy!</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/salesleadmgmtassn/blog/~3/9UtWOII4oJA/my-entry-1.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.salesleadmgmtassn.com/2012/04/my-entry-1.html" thr:count="1" thr:updated="2012-05-08T20:34:29-07:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e05adc32970b016304b1d172970d</id>
        <published>2012-04-24T11:12:41-07:00</published>
        <updated>2012-04-25T09:49:34-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Sales Lead Management Association</name>
        </author>
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        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="CRM" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Sales Leads" />
        



    <content type="html">Did a qualified lead pass this way?  Finding qualified leads isn't always easy!&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>If only the mediocre are always at their best*, who are “the mediocre?” </title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/salesleadmgmtassn/blog/~3/bVxmNlC4v3E/if-only-the-mediocre-are-always-at-their-best-who-are-the-mediocre.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.salesleadmgmtassn.com/2012/04/if-only-the-mediocre-are-always-at-their-best-who-are-the-mediocre.html" thr:count="0" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e05adc32970b0168ea8e42b4970c</id>
        <published>2012-04-22T14:56:26-07:00</published>
        <updated>2012-04-24T10:38:00-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Sales Lead Management Association</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Lead Management" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Lead Management " />
        



    <content type="html">If only the mediocre are always at their best*, who are “the mediocre?” &lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>SEO Humor: Choosing the right search terms can be crucial!</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/salesleadmgmtassn/blog/~3/i8jziZFij3E/new-cartoon-from-sales-lead-management-association-choosing-the-rigth-search-terms.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.salesleadmgmtassn.com/2012/04/new-cartoon-from-sales-lead-management-association-choosing-the-rigth-search-terms.html" thr:count="2" thr:updated="2012-05-08T11:05:33-07:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e05adc32970b016764d9c8a2970b</id>
        <published>2012-04-10T07:15:37-07:00</published>
        <updated>2012-04-10T07:08:24-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Sales Lead Management Association</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Cartoons" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="SEO" />
        



    <content type="html">SLMA latest cartoon: Choosing the right search terms can be crucial to your success!&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=i8jziZFij3E:b1paKON18cQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=i8jziZFij3E:b1paKON18cQ:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=i8jziZFij3E:b1paKON18cQ:I9og5sOYxJI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=i8jziZFij3E:b1paKON18cQ:V-t1I-SPZMU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?a=i8jziZFij3E:b1paKON18cQ:bcOpcFrp8Mo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/salesleadmgmtassn/blog?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Pessimism and Optimism in Leads360-2012 Report from CEO Nick Hedges </title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/salesleadmgmtassn/blog/~3/rr6F-gZvAsM/leads-360-ceo-nick-hedges-discusses-highlights-of-lead-industry-report-2012.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.salesleadmgmtassn.com/2012/04/leads-360-ceo-nick-hedges-discusses-highlights-of-lead-industry-report-2012.html" thr:count="3" thr:updated="2012-04-29T12:30:14-07:00" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e05adc32970b016303b1fe87970d</id>
        <published>2012-04-04T17:44:13-07:00</published>
        <updated>2012-04-04T17:43:43-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Sales Lead Management Association</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Lead Management" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Insurance Leads" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Mortgage Lead" />
        


        <link rel="enclosure" type="audio/mpeg" href="http://slma.podbean.com/mf/play/j33cxs/SLMA-031512_EDITED.mp3" />
        <link rel="enclosure" type="audio/mpeg" href="http://slma.podbean.com/mf/web/j33cxs/SLMA-031512_EDITED.mp3" />

    <content type="html">SLMA Radio Interviewed Nick Hedges, CEO of Leads360. Nick discussed the Lead Industry Report which found good reasons for optimism and pessimism. &lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Sales Lead Management Association Announces Winners for 2012’s“20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management”</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/salesleadmgmtassn/blog/~3/ioqlB5qeNdc/sales-lead-management-association-announces-winners-for-2012s20-women-to-watch-in-sales-lead-management.html" />
        <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.salesleadmgmtassn.com/2012/04/sales-lead-management-association-announces-winners-for-2012s20-women-to-watch-in-sales-lead-management.html" thr:count="0" />
        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0147e05adc32970b0168e9902bf1970c</id>
        <published>2012-04-02T11:55:14-07:00</published>
        <updated>2012-04-04T17:49:00-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Sales Lead Management Association</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management" />
        
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="CRM" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Leads" />
        <category scheme="http://sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" term="Women to Watch" />
        



    <content type="html">The Sales Lead Management Association, announced the results of the “20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management” leadership program for 2012. &lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.salesleadmgmtassn.com/2012/04/sales-lead-management-association-announces-winners-for-2012s20-women-to-watch-in-sales-lead-management.html</feedburner:origLink></entry>
 
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